Outline of a General Ontology for Cousciousness Research

Silvia Galikova

E-LOGOS, 2008, vol. 2008, issue 1, 24 pages

Abstract: Lack of a coherent general starting point in consciousness studies is a major obstacle in explaining consciousness. I argue that consciousness considered as a capacity of a living organism is a fruitful explanandum. Consciousness is a reducible third person and first person phenomenon. It is existentially dependent on the activity of a nervous systém (brain) profoundly shaped by the socio-cultural environment. This paper rejects theoretical usefulness of ontological and epistemological gaps between first person and third person approaches on consciousness. Treating consciousness as a natural phenomenon open to empirical research is a necessary prerequisite of any systematic theory of consciousness.

Keywords: consciousness; introspection; ontology; natural; reduction; explanation; evolution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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